Female Proclivity to the World of Business
研究了德国女性在自雇或商业职业选择中的倾向，发现乐观女性更可能成为企业家，而年轻或年长、低学历、已婚或有未成年子女的女性更倾向自雇。
SUMMARY This paper investigates entrepreneurial women confronted with the self‐employment or business career choice. Optimistic women have a higher proclivity to be businesswomen. Businesswomen select self‐ over paid employment when they are young or old, less educated, married or with under‐age children. There are no significant native‐immigrant differences. However, among immigrant women those who are in Germany 6 to 12 years are more likely to go into self‐employment. These results show that women in Germany who are in their prime working age, educated, not married, and with no under‐age children are less likely to choose self‐employment, as it is not viewed as a channel to achieving higher socio‐economic standing.